Court ordered him released from prison,
a convicted sexual offender has been
charged with attacking another young
girl.
ENG#=1 VO-NAT

VO-NAT 49-year-old Lorenzo Townes spent

32 years in prison for raping a
10-year-old Altavista girl in 1973, and
two separate attacks on female prison
staff.

The state tried to have him
civilly committed to a mental
institution, but the high court ruled
that law did not apply to his case.

His attorney says the court acted
appropriately.
SOT FULL SOT FULL
INQ=The court in

*CG 2line Leigh Drewry
Townes' Attorney 12:17:42 LEIGH DREWRY/TOWNES'
ATTORNEY: THE COURT IN RUSTBURG TENDED
TO GET SWEPT IN THE EMOTION THAT
CITIZENS NOWADAYS HAVE FOR THESE TYPES
OF SITUATIONS.
RUNS=10 (END SOT)

cancer this week and Dana Reeve's
diagnosis- many are talking more about
lung cancer.

Oncologists say in Jennings case the
cancer was not caught early enough for
a cure.
SOT FULL SOT FULL
INQ=They're still at risk

*CG 2line Dr. Stephen ReMine
Carilion Surgical Oncologist 19:56

DR. STEPHEN REMINE/CARILION SURGICAL
ONCOLOGIST: THE SYMPTOMS ARE VERY VAGUE
COUGHING, SPUTUM PRODUCTION IF YOU GET
TO THE POINT OF WEIGHT LOSS AND OTHER
SYSTEMIC SYMPTOMS THEN IT'S TOO LATE SO
WE HAVE TO PICK IT UP EARLY.
RUNS=14 (END SOT)

OQ=PICK IT UP EARLY..

VO-NAT VO-NAT 18

The symptoms include coughing,
hoarseness, shortness of breath and
chest pain.

By the time someone is coughing up
blood and losing weight, it's likely
too late for effective treatment.

Doctor (Ruh-mine) ReMine advises
people at high risk to ask their doctor
for a yearly chest x-ray.
SOT FULL SOT FULL

INQ=iF WE WOULD CURE 21:06

DR. REMINE: WE WOULD CURE THEM EARLY IF
THEY WERE EARLY AND WE FOUND A SMALL
NODULE WE COULD TAKE IT OUT AND GIVE
THEM APPROPRIATE TREATMENTS IT WOULD
MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN OUR PUBLIC IF
PEOPLE WOULD JUST COME FORWARD EARLIER.
RUNS=11 (END SOT)

OQ=COME FORWARD EARLIER.

VO-NAT VO-NAT 07 plus

About 15% of lung cancer cases are in
non smokers- including Dana Reeve- who
is just 44.
(END VO) (END VO)

KEITH ON CAM KEITH ON CAM
GRAPHIC=None Virginia is lowering its pass-
Education 7 Animation rates for some of last year's
standards- of- learning- tests.

It's an Education Seven report
tonight.
ENG#=1 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG file File Tape (:28)

The U-S Department of Education
is giving the state a waiver from part
of the No Child Left Behind Act.

Under the original standards the
passing rate for math and reading was
70- percent.

Under the new standards 65-
percent of students had to pass reading

and 63- percent had to pass math.

However, officials say they're
not lowering Virginia standards- they
just want schools seeing an increase in
achievement to be rewarded with making
adequate- yearly- progress.
SOT FULL SOT FULL
INQ=It's important to keep in mind

*CG 2line Charles Pyle
Department of Education Spokesman 33:44 CHARLES PYLE/DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION SPOKESMAN: IT'S IMPORTANT TO
KEEP IN MIND, WHILE THE PAST RATE
REQUIRED FOR A-Y-P MAY BE SLIGHTLY
LOWER THAN ORIGINALLY SET, WE ARE STILL
SETTING BENCHMARKS THAT ARE HIGHER
EVERY YEAR.
RUNS=12 (END SOT)

OQ=that are higher every year.

VO-NAT VO-NAT

The department plans to release
last year's adequate- yearly- progress
numbers early next week.
(WIPE TO VO) (WIPE TO VO)

Japanese courts are infamous for
rendering judgment at glacial speed. It
took judges almost ten years, for
instance, to deliver a guilty
conviction earlier this year, in the
case of doomsday cult leader Shoko
Ashahara.

The hope is that jury trials will speed
up verdicts.

There's just one problem - most
Japanese are saying "no thank you" to
jury duty. An ingrained Asian tradition
of obedience to authority has made
citizens here reluctant to take a
responsibility taken for granted in
other democracies.

This woman says she's not confident
about her ability to sit on a jury.
SOT: Marsha Krakower/Associate

Professor/University of the Sacred
Heart, Tokyo

"You don't question somebody like the
judge, or the doctor. I experience it
every day. My students don't question
me in class."

SUPER: Japanese Government Film

So despite an unprecedented public
relations campaign, such as this

government-made soap opera, older
Japanese especially say deciding
someone's fate is a job for the
professionals.

"Judges are supposed to be good in
handing down sentences. They know,
they're the experts."

Out of the million cases tried each
year, only a few dozen end in acquittal
- a statistic expected to rise once the
accused start being judged by their
peers.

The Avs wore their camouflage and
there were casualties everywhere in
this one.
ENG#=1 VO-NAT
VO-NAT

*CG locator Salem
Hillcats vs. Avalanche In the bottom of the first - Ben
:00 Zobrist hits a shot to the gap in right
center. Bobby Kingsbury will come over
from right on the run and as he makes
the catch teammate Vic Buttler rolls up
on his left leg.

Kingsbury would not get up on his
own, and he had to be driven off on the
back of the Gator.

Still in the same frame - listen
to this......

Avs second baseman Johnny Ash is beaned
by the pitch. He staggers down the
first base line before collapsing, and
he too had to leave the game.

Then in the second inning Mario
Garza tried to hit Robin Reed's mug on
the wall. He doubles and just when it
looked like everything was OK - Kevin
Davidson tries to injure himself
sliding and rolling across the plate.
*CG final Lynchburg
6 The Avs get another one in the
Salem inning as Saul Torres singles on the
3 line drive to left. The throw from
Justin Harris is about 25 feet off line
Garza scores but Salem loses it 6 to 3.
(END VO) (END VO)